Google is enabling a more naturally spoken question-and-answer interface to its search service for people with a new version of Chrome.
If you are not on the latest version of Chrome (Ver 27), upgrade to it, so you can take advantage of voice search.
Note, Voice search will only work if there is a microphone in or attached to your computer.
Pretty soon you will be able to talk to your browser and it will return back with answers or results.
Google demonstrated conversational search at Google I/O a week ago, a style of search designed to be more like natural human speech than the technically constructed search queries that people often use today to retrieve information from a search engine.
It's all part of the gradual arrival of Google's vision to build a Star Trek-style search engine, in which the computer grasps what people want and answers them. Eventually, expect Google to let people initiate a query by saying, "OK, Google," as with Google Glass voice commands.
It's not clear yet how broadly the service is available. Some reported receiving errors that said "no Internet connection."
Google confirmed the move Wednesday. "Conversational search has started rolling out on Google.com in the latest version of Chrome. You can just click the mic in the search box, ask your question in a natural way, and get spoken answers," the company said in a statement.
Users need to update their Chrome browser to get the new functionality, according to Google.
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